Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Architectural::Lateral Sima
Year Excavated	1968
Decorative Technique	Painted
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Lateral Sima , Fragment, Spout
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.110 m, Max. Pres. Width at fangs 0.087 m, Max. Pres. Thickness at nose 0.036 m, projection measured from the nose to beginning of vertical rise for backer attachment 0.090 m, Max. Pres. Width of attachment scar 0.033 m
Condition	The lower jaw and the ears are not preserved. The attachment is not preserved for its entire length. Traces of red paint; black area due to burning(?).
Description	The mouth opening is taller than wide and the lower jaw is broken off at the side holes, including most of the fangs. None of its right ear and only a bit if its left are preserved. The nose is damaged, but seems to have had a high central ridge. On its end, which is rounded, the two indented nostrils contain traces of red paint. The high eyebrows arch straight back from the nose and do not curve foward again to form rounded sockets, as on other spouts. The left eye bulges high and is pointed at its back end. On the right side, it seems that the mouth curved back to meet the fangs, as on 19680031. Behind the left eye is a black spot, perhaps evidence of burning.
Fabric Description	Coarse clay wtih bits of stone fired orange-brown.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1968005400